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This workshop is focused on strategic
planning. But strategic planning is just
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part of the whole system of ODeL. Yung
other systems are being taken up in the
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other workshops. So to take a holistic
view, we have to understand the whole
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system first, right? So what is the
system's approach to ODeL?
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This is based on a perspective that ODeL is
planned learning as opposed to informal
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or spontaneous learning. What is unique
about ODeL is that the functions of
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teaching and learning have already been
unbundled or disaggregated. So you have
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different subsystem working on different
parts. Each would have its own
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specialization and they work together to
be able to deliver ODeL.
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I'll be discussing the different parts later on.
Now, ODeL is any form of technology-supported
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learning that requires special
techniques of course design, special
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instructional techniques, special methods
of communication, as well as special
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organizational and administrative
arrangements. The fact that students
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and teachers are separated by time and
space, whether it is Blended or full DE,
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it would require certain adjustments now
in terms of not only of teaching
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methodology but also in terms
of organizational systems administrative
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requirements. So what are these
subsystems that comprise the whole
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system? First, we have the course design
subsystem, we have the teaching and
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learning subsystem, we have the student
support subsystem, and we have the
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organization and management subsystem. So
the course design refers to the design
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of the instructional model how we're
going to deliver. So in the first
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activity, we saw where we are right now.
Some of, most of us are doing face to
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face, few of us are doing DE, and in the
middle there is a growing number of
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blended, who are doing blended. So those
are basically the instructional models
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and in the future parang meron tayong
consensus that's going to be more of
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blended, right? Now, you also need
curriculum development and all of us are
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familiar with curriculum development
and of course instructional design.
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The courses have to be delivered in a
flexible mold henceforth the design has
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to follow that approach. And in terms of
teaching and learning, that would be the
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implementation of the instructional
model. The delivery part, how are we going
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to make the courses accessible to the
students. That includes training the
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faculty members in the art and science
of course materials development for
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flexible or DE. We need to provide
instructional support services to our
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faculty members. Kasi when we
deliver it through technology, hindi
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natin mae-expect na all of the teachers
would be familiar with all the
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intricacies of the technology we are
using, so there has to be tech support.
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The faculty members have to be
taught how to use the technology for
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teaching and learning. They have to
be assisted in terms of multimedia
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production. Hindi naman lahat tayo writers,
script writers, directors. So we need these
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creative people to assist us. These are
instructional services that would have
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to be provided to the faculty members.
And there's of course assessment and
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evaluation of learning. So when you deal
with flexible education you have the
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capacity to massify the number of
students and if you have hundreds of
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students per course, then your assessment
have to be adjusted as well, and
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especially if they are located in
different parts of the country or the
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world. How are you going to make sure
that the assessment remains effective
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and valid and retains its integrity as
a result of that? Now since your students
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are geographically dispersed or they
don't come to the class on a regular
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basis like in a blended or flexible or
flip-glass mode, then you have to
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provide student support services. So in
regular setting, students will just go to
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the faculty office, to the college
secretary's office, if they have
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administrative concerns. Walk-in
lang yan. But if they're disperse or if they
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don't come to class on a daily basis
then, there has to be a support
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system to them
and they have, you have to provide
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academic, administrative, and technical
support. Academic in terms of academic
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policies. Yung hindi nila naiitindihan,
tatanong nila yan. How do
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you respond to those questions?
administrative, registration procedure,
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dropping, LOA, things like those. How do
they go about it? You have to
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provide the information and technical
support? how do we make use of the LMS?
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How do we access the learning materials
that are online? Things like those. And
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then you have to develop this student
support staff. There are special skills
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that are expected with student support
people. They should be able to
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identify the needs of the learners and
be able to provide the cognitive,
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administrative, and systemic needs of
those students. And integrating all of
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these subsystems would be the
organization and management system, and
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that part would be strategic planning. We
should be able to identify the role of
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technology-enhanced teaching and learning
in our own university because if we are
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not able to do that we are not going to
get the support of our community. And
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then systems development, financial
administrative management, and quality
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assurance. So management has a big role
in ensuring the success of all the
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different subsystems. So as you can see,
these concurrent workshops aim to
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provide an overview in our introduction
to the subsystems or a particular
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component of a subsystem. If you have
other colleagues here that are attending
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the other workshops, we can see that
Workshop A, this workshop that we are
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having right now, falls under the
organization and management subsystem,
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Workshop B (instructional design) falls
under course design subsystem,
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Workshop C under teaching and learning, Workshop F
also under teaching and learning, and
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Workshop D under student support
subsystem. QA also falls under
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organization and management subsystem.
So pagbalik niyo sa mga institutions niyo if you
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have other colleagues attending, you
integrate all of that and
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come up with a strategic plan. Now, I'm sure
all of you are quite familiar with
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strategic planning. You're all, almost all
of us here are administrators and heads
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of institutions and you know the basic.
So I'm not going to really teach you how
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to do strategic planning. We're just
going to touch on the aspects that
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we have to consider when we do strategic
planning in the context of ODeL. So, as
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we know the three basic questions in
strategic planning are: Where are we now?
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Where do we want to be? and how do we
get there? right? Now, in the strategic
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planning process in the context of ODeL
we usually do SWOT analysis and the
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strengths and weaknesses you should
refer to our internal analysis, internal
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assessment, those factors that are
referring to the organization itself.
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And then there are opportunities and threats those are external to us, those are the
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things that are happening out there in
the environment, right? So when we do
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internal assessment, we have to look at
the subsystems because these are the
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factors that we have to put in place
when we do technology-enhanced or ODeL.
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So we talked about course design, I've
mentioned some of those already, and
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we have to look at teaching and learning,
We have to look at student support,
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we have to look at our organization and
management. Now, some of us are not doing
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blended or technology enhanced learning
yet but we have certain competencies
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right now that we could develop and turn
into something that could be useful for
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ODeL. Like in terms of curriculum
development, meron naman tayong experience
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when it comes to that. When comes the
design of instructional model, we have
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faculties or colleges in education that
could also help us. All they have to
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do is to be trained to the specificities
and requirements of DE to be able to
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apply those learning strategies in
the context of DE.
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In comes to teaching and learning, do we have people in the organization that are
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our experts in media production? Do we
have people na maaasahan when it comes to
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the IT? Of course we have IT offices in
the university but are they aware of the
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requirements in DE? Are they aware of the
requirements when it comes to setting up
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learning management systems? These are
the things that we need to consider.
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Now, when it comes to student support staff, we
have of course the support staff who
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address the needs of our regular
students. But what are the specific
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requirements of student support when
comes to DE? Are they trained? Can they be
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trained? and if yes, how? Now, the last part would
be the organization and management. Other
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policies or administrative procedures
that are in contrast with
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flexible teaching and learning, we
have to take that into consideration and
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adjust those. Like for instance sa UPOU,
before, pagpe-pay ng registration,
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cash lang. You have to go to the Learning Center
but it takes away the flexibility.
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The students are all over the
country. So we have to introduce yung
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payment by credit card. We have to do
online registration, we have to do online
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submission of grades, we have to do
online viewing of grades, and right now,
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we have already introduced online
application for admission. So certain
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procedures have to be adjusted to ensure
that they are relevant to the target
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learners that you are servicing.
So naga-adjust hindi lang yung teaching methodology
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but also the administrative procedures
and requirements but of course you have
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certain policies to follow as well. You
have CHED requirements. In our university,
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we have the UP code. So even if we ought
to make certain things, we have to make
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sure that we don't break or 'di namin
nasusunod yung university
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code. So these things are things that we
have to manage, consider, and balance. Now,
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of course, administration, it's important
that we consider the management support,
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leadership,
and the policies I have mentioned and
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hiniwalay ko yung resources because this is
something that we, that administrators,
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are also very much interested in. so
there are certain sources of funding in
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revenues that we need to consider like
if we offer DE or flexible modes
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of teaching, what are the sources of
funding because it takes a lot
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to be able to introduce such kind of system
in terms of course materials
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development training and alike. So
where are the sources of funds coming
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from? What are the sources of revenues?
Fees? Are we going to sell our course
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materials? Are we going to charge for
face-to-face tutorials? Things like those.
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And then the costs. There are different
classes, I've said, like there are fixed
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costs, fixed recurrent costs, and of
course, the variable cost, likewise,
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materials, and learning support. And of
course there's technology. How is the
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status of the infrastructure in
terms of IT in our institution? Do we
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have multimedia production equipment? Do we
have access to LMS? Things like those. And
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then of course we match that with the
things that are happening in the
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environment. Who are our target learners? What
are their profile? What's their age,
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gender, location? Where are they located? What
are their preferred learning styles? Do
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they have the financial capacity
to take our courses? If not, are we able
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to secure scholarships for them? Do they
have access to technology? Things like
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those. And of course digital literacy. Are
they prepared for DE? It was mentioned
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yesterday, I'm adding plenary that we
also need to consider the readiness of
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our target learners for DE, for distance
education, or technology-based learning.
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And we have to look at other educational
institutions, of course, in our
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locality, the courses they are offering
and their modes of delivery and the fees
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they're charging because competition is
important. We have to consider
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especially for those who are
privately funded. Of course, you have
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to consider the partners and linkages
in the education sector, professions
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government, non-government, industry.
In the case of yesterday, they were
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able to raise funds from the alumni to
fund their DE program. And there are other
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sources that we can tap:
international funding grants and the
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alike. We need to study Republic Act 10650
the implementing rules and guidelines
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and how we can tap that law and the
provisions of the law to be able to
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maximize or to be able to gain the
things that we need to prepare for as we
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offer the programs. And there are also
industry organizations like the UPOU
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has partnered with IBPAP -- IT and Business
Process Association of the
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Philippines, and we are offering online
courses in service management program to
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prepare people for the business
processing industry. And IBPAP has
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part with different universities they
provide computers, IT infrastructure to
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be able to help universities that are
interested to adopt blended learning as
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a mean for teaching service
management to their students. Things
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like these we have to to be aware of
those. Then, of course, the regulatory
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system accreditation. Of course, there's
always the issue of level 3 accreditation
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and if you are a COD or not
COD or not. And of course the technology
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infrastructure. Not only in the
institutions location but also in the
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location of your target learners. We
have to consider that. So as we all
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know in SWOT analysis, we interrelate
yung ating strengths, weaknesses
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opportunities, and threats. There are
opportunities available out there. We all
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know about them. In fact, we have already
made a vision, very idealized vision of
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the future but we have the strength, the
competencies to be take, to take
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advantage of those. Are our weaknesses
crucial enough to prevent us from
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getting advantage of those opportunities?
Are we strong enough to ward off the
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threats
facing us? but there are other
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opportunities for us to be stronger in
things that in areas where we are weak.
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So yun yung SWOT analysis 'diba? So based on
that, we are able to fine-tune our vision
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and come up with something that is more
concrete, more specific in terms of the
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role of ODeL or technology-mediated
learning in our own institution. So
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that's our role. So yung ginawa nating
vision, that's something that's more
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macro. That's something that we want to
have in the future. But when we do our
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own visioning for our institution, then we
have to consider own context to be
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able to come up with something concrete.
Of course after that, we translate this
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vision into a statement, we formulate
strategies, and then we do tasking
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and budgeting. That's the time we
identify people to implement, we set
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up the organizational structure, and
alike -- things, the nuts and bolts of
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management. So for this workshop we're
not going to that deep.
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all we want to do is to, for us to
reflect on our own respective
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institutions and be able to see the role
of teaching and learning, technology
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enhanced teaching and learning or ODeL
in our own institution, how it's
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going to support our mission. Because if
our constituents, do not see its role
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in our mission, in our basic mission as
an institution, then it's just going to
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fall by the wayside. Hindi talaga siya
uurong. So to help us in terms of
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our engagement with the
process of strategic planning process, we
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have a caselet and we're going to
distribute to you now copies of the caselet.
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it's entitled to go the distance or
not? May kantang ganito yata, 'di ba? And you
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have to answer the questions at the end
of the case as a group but we're going
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to discuss it,
discuss the answers to the questions as
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a plenary. So hindi na natin
idi-discuss, hindi na ipe-present each
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group. it's a very short case by the way,
so we did and then answer the questions
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among yourselves. You have ten minutes to
do this activity and then we'll discuss
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it afterwards.